ISSI and EUROPLANET RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
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This is the second workshop within the ISSI/Europlanet FP7 framework:
Quantifying the Martian Geochemical Reservoirs, Workshop 11 - 15 April 2011
The overall theme and aim will be on the Martian geochemistry. The objective is to bring together selected Planetary scientists directly involved in space-based exploration of the Martian surface, using orbital and/or in-situ instruments, Earth scientists studying samples generally accepted as coming from Mars (SNC meteorites), and Planetary and/or Earth scientists who are simulating, either numerically or in the laboratory (experimentally) the physical and chemical processes occurring on or within Mars. An additional and very important goal of the workshop will be to produce a reference book on the subject, to be published in the “Space Science Series” of ISSI, which will be simultaneously published as a volume of Space Science Reviews.
The volume will be issued both as a hardcover book in the ISSI series and also as an issue of the journal Space Science Reviews. We expect that papers will be due about 3 months after the workshop so they can reflect the discussions during the workshop. All papers will be peer reviewed, and the volume is expected to appear about 12 months after the workshop.
The Major Scientific Topics are
1. Alteration of the Martian surface: constraints from space-based observations; constraints from study of SNC's; constraints from experimental studies. The relative importance of different volatile species (e.g., S, Cl, CO2) will be a central issue.
2. Magmatism on Mars: constraints from space-based observations, from study of SNC's, from experimental studies. These are central issues for constraining the composition and temperature of the Martian interior.
3. Water on Mars: How can available data be used to constrain how water is distributed within the different geochemical reservoirs of Mars?
4. Internal structure: Is it possible to propose realistic models for internal structure and chemical variability, consistent with all the available observations and theoretical/experimental data?
Workshop Convenors
Michael Toplis (OMP, Toulouse, France), SOC chair
James Bell (Cornell University, Ithaca, USA)
Eric Chassefière (Univ. Paris 11, Orsay, France)
Christophe Sotin (JPL, Pasadena, USA)
Tilman Spohn (DLR, Berlin, Germany)
Michel Blanc (ISSI scientific représentative, CNRS France)
last update: 7 April 2011
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